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Northern Ireland homes dumped around 230,000 tonnes of waste in just three months, latest figures show.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ‘local authority collected municipal waste management statistics’ released today show that between July and September 56,157 tonnes were collected. They say household waste accounted for 89.3% of the total.

The quarterly figures show that the waste dumped was 1.5% lower than the 260,024 tonnes collected during the same three months of 2017.

But they also show a significant disparity between Council areas with Belfast throwing the smallest amount in its bins - at 107kgs of household waste per person compared to 149kgs in Antrim & Newtownabbey.

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Recycling has shown a negligible increase since last year, according to the figures. They show that household waste being sent for reuse, dry recycling (like paper, card, cans, plastic bottles, mixed plastic, glass) and composting was 51.8% between July and September 2018, an increase on the 51.2% recorded during the same three months of 2017.

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At council level, rates varied from 45.3% in Belfast to 58.8% in Antrim & Newtownabbey.

The figures also vary from one council to the next with regard to ‘energy recovery’, ie energy derived from waste largely through incineration. The overall rate was 19.7%, an increase on the 18.6% reported for July to September 2017. The highest rate was recorded in Newry, Mourne & Down at 46.8% and the lowest was 5.2% in Ards & North Down.

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The amount of waste ending up in landfill is 28.2%, the Department says, down from 29.9% during the same three months of 2017.

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